Requirements

Geotk requires Java 7 Standard Edition. There is no additional
requirement for metadata and referencing modules. But the coverage module requires the
Java Advanced Imaging extension (see
Running Geotk for download information).
While not mandatory,
users are encouraged to declare JavaDB in
their classpath in order to take advantage of the embedded EPSG database. JavaDB is bundled
in the Oracle distribution of JDK.

System initialization

Geotk does not require explicit initialization and shutdown for most cases.
However a few services behave better when managed in an initialization - shutdown
cycle. The Setup class provides a central place for initialization
and shutdown, but developers can also gain more control by invoking themselves the various methods
identified by the Configuration annotation.